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The '''Robbins Report''' was a report commissioned by the [[British government]] to look into the future of [[higher education]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. After its publication, its conclusions were accepted by the government on [[October 24]], [[1963]]. |
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The report recommended immediate expansion of universities, and that all Colleges of Advanced Technology should be given the status of universities. Consequently, the number of full-time university students was to rise from 197,000 in the [[1967]]-[[1968|68]] [[Academic term#Academic year|academic year]] to 217,000 in the academic year of [[1973]]-[[1974|74]] with "further big expansion" thereafter. |
The report recommended immediate expansion of universities, and that all Colleges of Advanced Technology should be given the status of universities. Consequently, the number of full-time university students was to rise from 197,000 in the [[1967]]-[[1968|68]] [[Academic term#Academic year|academic year]] to 217,000 in the academic year of [[1973]]-[[1974|74]] with "further big expansion" thereafter. |
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Revision as of 11:49, 4 December 2005
The Robbins Report was a report commissioned by the British government to look into the future of higher education in the United Kingdom. After its publication, its conclusions were accepted by the government on October 24, 1963.
The report recommended immediate expansion of universities, and that all Colleges of Advanced Technology should be given the status of universities. Consequently, the number of full-time university students was to rise from 197,000 in the 1967-68 academic year to 217,000 in the academic year of 1973-74 with "further big expansion" thereafter.
The legacy of the report is plain to see. It led to the establishment of the Plate glass universities, notably the universities of University of Essex, Kent, Lancaster, York and Warwick, amongst others, as well as prompting substantial expansion in the existing universities of the UK.
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